All foundation piles installed at 588-MW Beatrice off Scotland

December 4 (Renewables Now) - All foundation piles have been installed for the 588-MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in the Moray Firth, Scotland, the project company said today.

A total of 86 sets of four piles were installed by Seaway Heavy Lifting's vessel Stanislav Yudin. Installation of the jacket substructures onto the piles is underway, with Seaway Heavy Lifting's Oleg Strashnov having already put in place more than a quarter of the jackets. The first stage of jacket installation will continue into early 2018.

The foundations will support 84 Siemens Gamesa turbines of 7 MW and two offshore transformer modules.